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Day in the Life

Feb 26, 1850

Journal Entry

February 26, 1850 ~ Tuesday

26th [FIGURES] I recieved A letter from O. Pratt & Lady. I wrote
4 letters to B. S. Wilber J. Gibson, Mrs Jeffreys & Wm Low. I
walked through Boston with Br Little.

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4 mentions
Gibson, Jacob
1814-1882
48 mentions
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
172 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1037 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Sarah Marinda Bates
5 Feb 1817 - 25 Dec 1888
27 mentions
17 mentions

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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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And they are full of Alarm concerning the doings of Congress it has become A hotbed of political warfare and most all parties are looking for the exploding of the union the war spirit is increasing in the hearts of the people And deep judgment awaits the people nation, the hearts of men are failing them for fear of those things that are coming on the Earth, the Lord has said that in his fury he would vex the Nation And He is about to fulfill it.
~ Wilford Woodruff
I felt the spirit of God like fire shut up [in] my bones as I spoke upon the things of the kingdom of God
~ Wilford Woodruff

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1850
Church membership 51,839; population of Utah Territory 11,380; population of United States 23,192,000.

Feb 26, 1850